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Green Infrastructure of the Midwest

Jon H. Lindert, P.E., LEED AP – Strand Associates, Inc.jon.lindert@strand.com(608) 251-4843

Waukesha County-2017 Stormwater Workshop

Presentation Outline

ID

• Green Infrastructure Drivers: Regulatory & Discretionary• Green Infrastructure: Environmental Benefits• Green Infrastructure: Scale • Midwest GI Case Studies

• GI for CSO Control, Aurora, IL• Urban Agriculture Zone, NEORSD, Cleveland, OH• Public Works Yard, Oregon, WI

Green Infrastructure DriversGreen

Infrastructure

Regulatory

CSOCommunities

Non-CSOCommunities

Discretionary

Grass Roots

• Consent Decrees(772 CSO communities in USA)

• MS4 Permits• Development Regs

• MS4 Permits• Development Regs

• Community Organizations

• Neighborhood Organizations

• LEED/ISI Envision

• Natural Area Restoration

• Clean Water Act: 1972• NPDES: Phase 1 (1990) & 2 (1999)• TMDL’s: 2011 (Rock River)….

Green Infrastructure: Environmental Benefits

“Green infrastructure techniques utilize natural systems, or engineered systems that mimic natural landscapes, to capture, cleanse and reduce stormwater runoff using plants, soils and microbes.”

- U.S. EPA website

“Green infrastructure can be both a cost effective and an environmentally preferable approach to reduce stormwater and other excess flows entering combined or separate sewer systems in combination with, or in lieu of, centralized hard infrastructure solutions.”

-Ben Grumbles, Asst. Administrator Memo to EPA Regional AdministratorsMarch 5, 2007

“Green infrastructure represents a new approach to stormwater management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly.”

– U.S. EPA

Green Infrastructure: Scale

GI for CSO Control: Aurora, IL

• Fox Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (FMWRD)• NPDES Permit• Long-Term Control Plan

• Conveyance and Treatment Upgrades• Green Infrastructure Components

• Traffic-Calming Raingardens at 28 Intersections• Illinois Green Infrastructure Grant (IGIG)

Traffic-Calming Raingardens at 28 Intersections Funded by IGIG

• $1.4 million grant• $1.7 million construction cost• Phase 1: 17 intersections

Planning Process

IGIG Grant Concept

Rain Garden Feasibility Rating

System

• Number Storm Inlets Needed• Watershed Area• Parking Impacts• Power/Light Poles• Gas• Water Main• Combined Sewer• Driveways• Shade Potential• Terrace Width• Pavement Long.-/Cross-Slope• Infiltration Potential• ADA-Accessibility • Level of Public Support

Traffic-Calming Layout Options

Design Process/Considerations

Rain Garden Inlets

Inter-Rain Garden Flow

• Pipe• Trench Drain

Aesthetic Considerations

Design Process/Considerations

Geotech Performance

• Total Watershed: • 54 acres • 17 intersections• 50 individual raingardens

• Watershed Source Areas: • 0.3 ac. to 5.4 ac per intersection• Avg. 3.2 ac. per intersection• Avg. 1.1 ac per rain garden

• Infiltration Performance• 100% of 6 month, 1 hr duration storm• 87% of 1 year, 1 hr duration storm• 3.8 in/hr infiltration rate• HydroCAD

• Pollutant Load Reduction• IEPA Urban Runoff BMP Pollutant

Load Reduction Worksheet• 75% TSS reduction• 70% TP Reduction

Boring # Depth to Sand/Gravel (ft)

B-1 3

B-2 0.5

B-3 ≥ 10

B-4 ≥ 10

B-5 0.83

B-6 3

B-7 ≥ 10

B-8 5

B-9 ≥ 10

B-10 6

B-11 ≥ 10

B-12 3

B-13 3

B-14 8

B-15 3

B-16 7

B-17 7

Detailed Design

Detailed Design

“No Bumpout”

“Partial Bumpout”“Full Bumpout”

“Partial Bumpout”

After Photos-Intersection 13 (Virgil Gilman Nature Trail)

BEFORE

After Photos

After Photos

Multiple Sustainable Benefits of Project

• CSO Benefits• Stormwater Diverted from Combined Sewer to Rain Garden• Rain Garden Stores Water and Allows Stormwater to Infiltrate

• Less Frequent Combined Sewer Overflows• Less Severe Flooding• Groundwater Recharge

• Traffic Calming Benefits• Slower vehicle speeds in neighborhood• Lower vehicle volume in neighborhood• Safer pedestrian crossings

• Neighborhood Aesthetic Benefit• Naturalized planting plans “soften” the “urban edges”• Ecological benefit: Attracts birds, butterflies, and other organisms• Enhanced urban green space

Urban Agriculture Zone: Sewer Separation and BiobasinsCleveland, Ohio

• NPDES Permit• Long-Term Control Plan /

Green Program Development• Conveyance and Treatment

Upgrades• Green Infrastructure Components

Project Components-Urban Ag• New storm sewer: 9,200 lf• 4 bioretention basins• 2 bioretention basins

• Fed by low-flow diversion to pretreatment (Suntree NSBB) to upflow level spreading

• >2-year storm diverted to SWO• Contaminated material handling/disposal• Construction cost: $6.3 million• Planning: 2012-2013• Design: 2013-2014• Construction: 2015-2016

63 Acre DA

Storm Water Outfall (SWO)Combined Sewer

Concept DrawingsWest Biobasin: 19 acre DAPerformance: 0.75 in rainfall treatment

East Biobasin: 44 acre DAPerformance: 0.75 in rainfall treatment

Detailed Design

Hydrodynamic Separator

Clay

Upflow Level Spreader and Diversion Structure

Photos-Diversion and Hydrodynamic Separator

Construction Photos-West Biobasin

BEFORE

Restoration Photos-West Biobasin

5/19/16

9/27/16

7/25/16

12/9/16

Construction Photos-East Biobasin

BEFORE

Restoration Photos-East Biobasin

5/19/16

12/9/16

7/25/16

12/9/16

Fairhill/MLK Photos (59 acre DA)

Bioretention Considerations• WDNR Technical Standard: 2-acre maximum drainage area• Consider much larger drainage basins if include the following:

• Diversion of large storm events around the bioretention basin• Pretreatment of low flows upstream of bioretention basin• Level spreading/energy dissipation of low flows feeding the bioretention basin• Sufficient drawdown time of bioretention basin

• Possible benefits• Residential areas where wet ponds are met with public opposition• Can be more-aesthetically pleasing than wet ponds• Couple with park-like amenities (outdoor classrooms, overlooks, etc.)

Public Works Yard Rain GardenVillage of Oregon, WI

Planning Process

Existing Site

Proposed Raingarden

Partnerships and Funding

Construction: Day 1

Planting: Day 2

1-Year Later

• Isaac Lindert• Leadership/Teamwork• Exposure to Real Life Work• GIS• Grant Paperwork• Quality Time with Family & Friends

• Village of Oregon• Rehab of Degraded Area• “Free” Labor• Help Boys Grow Into Men

• Environment• Protect Badfish Creek• Flora and Fauna

Benefits

Questions

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